Saturday, April 24, 2021

The Weeping Tower

“The Weeping Tower?” Kytun called the drunken captain's attention back to the matter at hand.

Radaam, captain of the Cormorant, stared at Kytun a moment, catching up. "Yes,” Radaam nodded.

“One of the southern bays of the isle?”

“Yes. Desolation Isle. Bloody well-named, piss-pot of an island,” Radaam chuckled, amusing himself. “Piss-pot Isle. That’s what I would have called it.”

“This bay.”

Radaam focused on Kytun. “The bay, yes. Treacherous. Reefs. Shifting shoals. Murderous eighteen-foot tide comes charging up your arse one minute, then drags you onto the rocks or beaches you on sand the next.”

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